Esther 9:14
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.
In context
12 who said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”
13 Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”
14 So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.
15 On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
16 The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
Esther 9:14 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.
- KJV King James Version
- And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
- WEB World English Bible
- The king commanded this to be done. A decree was given out in Susa; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And the king commanded it so to be done: and a decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And the king saith — 'to be done so;' and a law is given in Shushan, and the ten sons of Haman they have hanged.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.